The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1974
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.06° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.68° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.